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ArticleReports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology

Use of the g-index for assessment of citation-based scholarly activity of United States radiation oncology residents and subsequent choice of academic versus private practice career.

Shearwood McClelland Iii, Timur Mitin, Nima Nabavizadeh, Clifton David Fuller, Charles R Thomas, Jerry J Jaboin

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Article in Reports of practical oncology and radiotherapy : journal of Greatpoland Cancer Center in Poznan and Polish Society of Radiation Oncology. The graph could read no effect estimate from its abstract, so it casts no vote on the map. Cited by 11 papers.

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11 citing papers in PubMed.

  1. Gender disparities in academic radiation oncology research: A narrative review.Clinical and translational radiation oncology · 2027
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5 · Who and what money

Authors and funding

6 authors.

Shearwood McClelland IiiDepartment of Radiation Oncology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States.
Timur MitinDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States.
Nima NabavizadehDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States.
Clifton David FullerDepartment of Radiation Oncology, University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX, United States.
Charles R ThomasDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States.
Jerry J JaboinDepartment of Radiation Medicine, Oregon Health and Science University, Portland, OR, United States.

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6 · The paper itself

Abstract

introductionThe Hirsch index (h-index) evaluates citation-based scholarly activity, but has limited ability to acknowledge those publishing a smaller number of manuscripts with exceedingly high citations. The g-index addresses this limitation by assessing the largest number of manuscripts (g) by an author cited at least (g × g) times, but has yet to be applied to radiation oncology resident productivity.

methodsA list of recent radiation oncology resident graduates (comprising 86% of the 2016 graduating class) and their post-residency career choice was compiled. The Scopus bibliometric citation database was searched to collect and calculate g-index data for each resident.

resultsThe mean g-index score for all resident graduates was 7.16. Residents with a PhD had significantly higher g-index scores (11.97 versus 5.80;

conclusionRadiation oncology resident graduates published on average a minimum of seven manuscripts cited at least 49 times. PhD-degree graduates had significantly higher g-index scores, as did residents choosing academic over private practice careers. There was no significant gender-related difference in g-index score regardless of career choice. The majority of academic careers are produced from programs graduating at least three residents.

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Academic radiation oncologyg-IndexPrivate practice radiation oncologyRadiation oncology residency graduatesResidency program size

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PMID31080366
PMCPMC6504847

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